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Hamilton (New Zealand)

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Hamilton

Industrial city on North Island, New Zealand, on the Waikato River 130 km/80 mi from the estuary; population (2001 est) 114,900. It is New Zealand's largest inland city, and industries include food processing, brewing, sawmilling, brickmaking and the manufacture of farm machinery, clothing, plastics, prefabricated buildings, and packing materials. It trades in forestry, horticulture, and dairy products, and lies on the pipelines from the offshore natural gas fields of Kapuni and Maui.

Hamilton is home to Waikato University (1964), and features of interest include the the Waikato Museum of Art and History (1997) and the Ruakura Animal Research Station.



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